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Films for the Humanities would, unfortunately, receive a $$$$ in any guide book, and the department is not able to pay for it, so it's out of my pocket (and a small pocket it is--read "adjunct"). I'm looking for a solid production, but of the bargain basement variety. Ron Ganze CSU, Long Beach Michael O`Connell wrote: > The best recorded performance of medieval theater, in my experience, is a > three-part video of "The Mysteries" done by the National Theatre (directed > by Bill Bryden) in Britain in 1985. "The Mysteries" is an amalgam of > Northern English cycle drama (mostly York and Wakefield) created by Tony > Harrison and performed at the National (in the Cottlesloe) between 1978 > (or thereabouts) and 1985. The production itself was something of a > sensation when all three parts were performed together in '85, and the > video, which I use in teaching medieval drama, successfully captures the > sense of audience involvement that Bryden's production fostered. It's not > a "medievalizing" production, but one that attempts to make the plays > work for a modern audience. > > I believe the video is available for hire or purchase in the US from Films > for the Humanities, but maybe someone on the list has more specific > information on this. > > There's also a fine film of the N-Town Passion (directed by Edgar Schell) > done by a theater group at UC Irvine, but I'm not sure how one can obtain > it. > > Michael O'Connell > > English > University of California, Santa Barbara %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%